Communication Tools for innovation platforms
A discussion within the Ethiopian Highlands which took place in October 2014, focused on the work flows around Africa RISING sites, to identify how information is generated and how it is captured, how it should be and what can be done accordingly... See the results of this discussion here.
Communication plan priorities (yearly overview)
Communication activities are structured around five main clusters of activities. Specific priorities and plans for each year are summarized in the table below. Specific details are available below the table.
Wider influence and impact
Research outputs into development outcomes
Enriching learning, interaction, exchange
Publishing, capturing and disseminating
Internal communication
2013
2014
Peer to peer visit with government agents
Have an advisory meeting with important people
Every quarter, have an AR ‘learning meeting’ with partners e.g. FtF
Engage with SLM / RED&FS to integrate
Engage with USAID mission and ATA
Turn baseline stories into digital stories (4 or 8)
Ensure proper uptake of baseline information in work plans and partner activities
Engagement with innovation platforms early on / working with research teams on this
Peer to peer exchange with scientists
Enrich learning with other projects / LIVES + Humidtropics + linking with knowledge centres based on the campus and in Ethiopia
Identify and translate specific key documents into Amharic / Oromiffa / Tigrigna
Capture everything systematically – at team meetings, with partners
Systematically update website with key publications
AFRICA RISING
Ethiopian Highlands project communication
Check our (program) comms tools and resourcesEach project has its own specific communication and knowledge sharing activities: East and Southern Africa project communication and West Africa project communication are facilitated by IITA. In the Ethiopian Highlands, communication and knowledge sharing activities are facilitated by ILRI - these pages are related to communication in that particular project and region.
Program level communication and knowledge sharing is also facilitated by ILRI.
Specific Ethiopian Highlands communication resources
Communication Tools for innovation platforms
A discussion within the Ethiopian Highlands which took place in October 2014, focused on the work flows around Africa RISING sites, to identify how information is generated and how it is captured, how it should be and what can be done accordingly... See the results of this discussion here.
Communication plan priorities (yearly overview)
Communication activities are structured around five main clusters of activities. Specific priorities and plans for each year are summarized in the table below. Specific details are available below the table.Specific communication plans
See the 2014 communication plan for the Ethiopian Highlands.